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New York implements statewide eyewitness ID guidelines

Via The Crime Report we learn that New York State has implemented new statewide procedures for photo lineups:Law enforcement statewide announced the establishment of new guidelines and best practices for photo array and lineup procedures that determine whether an individual is implicated in a crime, announced the District Attorney?s Association of New York. The guidelines are being put into place in an effort to minimize false indentifications. Read the guidelines here.New York will still use photo arrays whereas some researchers have suggested "sequential" photo lineups, where witnesses view suspects' pictures one at a time. Agencies like Dallas PD have gone with the sequential method, which generates a lower rate of false positives. But the rest of the guidelines seem spot on, at least on first reading.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).